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Science Sunday: Why do Octopus change Colors

March 25, 2012 Ticia 8 Comments

why do octopus change colors

I just heard about a linky sponsored by Apologia Science, so I’m gonna link this up to Homeschool Science Show and Tell!

I had planned to share with you what we did with your suggestions for starfish (unfortunately they weren’t as intrigued with starfish as I am), but sadly I LOST MY CAMERA!  So that post will have to wait until I find it again.  Please be praying it pops back up sometime soon.

We read in our Swimming Creatures text that octopus change color not just because of where they are, but also because of their mood.

This was fascinating to me, and demanded an art project.
octopus emotions and colorspainting to learn about octopus emotions
First we painted the different colors octopuses have been seen to change.  Afterwards we painted our own idea of different emotions.

Simple, but to the point.

And a big hit.  They loved to paint the ways octopus change color.

Did you ever have a science project lead to an art project?  My kids LOVED this!

Let’s see what others did this week (or in the past several weeks):

Over at Homegrown Learners they learned about Louis Pasteur, I’m linking to this partially because of the cool movie clip she found and partially because it was such a blast from the past to see this book series, which I had and LOVED growing up.
Spell Out Loud has a great post about the human heart.

Fit Kids Clubhouse had a great post about her son’s experiment with a lava lamp.  I really encourage you to take the time and read it, not skim, but read.  It’s a great testimony about taking the time to follow your child’s lead.
Little Wonder Days did a whole series of egg experiments.  This is part one.
Raising Lifelong Learners has a great post on making your own compass.

And finally here’s a fun suggestion of a series of books to read with your kiddos about different animals.

Science Sunday will be on a Saturday next week, and on Sunday I’ll be sharing the next country for Around the World in 12 Dishes: Sweden!  Anyone have a fun Swedish inspired craft they’d like to suggest?

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Octopus picture from Brian Gratwickie, picture was cropped and modified to add words and overlay

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Comments

  1. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    March 25, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Everything subject in our house seems to lead into art projects – after they turn into snacks 🙂 Interesting octopus fact!

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  2. Raising a Happy Child says

    March 25, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    I hope you find your camera soon! In our books anything rarely leads to art projects, since daughter has very sporadic interest in them.

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  3. Jamerrill Stewart says

    March 25, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Hi there! It's my 1st time linking up to Science Sunday. 🙂 This looks like a lot of fun. Nice to “meet” you! From Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling.

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  4. Christy says

    March 26, 2012 at 2:09 am

    My kids like to make art out of everything! I hope you find your camera.

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  5. MaryAnne says

    March 26, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    I love the art project idea!!!

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  6. Ms. Liz says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    Science leading to Art sounds just about right! That always happens around here.. as you will see in our post too 😉 I love how you had them paint emotions, awesome!
    By the way, thanks for the kind words about the lava lamp blog post.. it means a lot! 🙂

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  7. Colleen Kessler says

    March 27, 2012 at 5:31 am

    Thanks for featuring our compass activity, Ticia! Glad you liked it! I'm praying your camera turns up… that's the worst! I once lost my battery charger for a month. I squeezed ever bit of charge out of the battery until it couldn't give any more… and then complained every time I missed a great shot for the next month — sometimes resorting to using the kids' fisher price camera!

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  8. Mamu?ki says

    March 27, 2012 at 10:04 pm

    Welcome
    I'm from Polish, Babylandia blogging.
    I really like the idea of adding your links and also added a pleasure to her 🙂
    I added a banner on our blog in the “blogging projects” 🙂

    Very often look at your blog 🙂

    Regards
    Marta mama Nikusia

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